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National surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in China highlights a still-evolving epidemiology with 15 novel emerging multilocus sequence types.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2013
Xiao Meng, Wang He, Zhao Ying, Mao Lei-Li, Brown Mitchell, Yu Yun-Song, O'Sullivan Matthew V N, Kong Fanrong, Xu Ying-Chun
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The global spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious problem, particularly in mainland China. In order to better understand the national molecular epidemiology and resistance profiles of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) in China, a laboratory-based multicenter surveillance study was conducted. Sixty-nine hospitals in 45 large cities in 27 provinces were involved, and a total of...
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